The Magorno Karabakh Conflict as a Part of the "New" Eurasian Geopolitics

Dağlık Karabağ sorunu 15 yıldır çözümsüz olarak kalmaktadır ve uluslararası çabalara rağmen Azerbaycan'ın toprak bütünlügü hala sağlanamamıştır. İleri sürülen çözüm önerilerini ilgili devletler kabul etmemişlerdir. Sorun, bölgede yürütülen jeopolitik oyunlar ve rekabetten kaynaklanmaktadır. Bundan dolayı da Karabağ sorununu yeni "Büyük Oyun"un bir parçası olarak değerlendirrnek pek de yanlış sayılmaz. Karabağ sorunu, 90'lı yıllardan itibaren Rusya, Amerika, İran gibi devletler açısından bölgede nüfuz kurmanın bir aracı haline dönüştürülmüştür. Büyük oyunların geçtigi bu bölgede sınırlarını Errnenistan'a kapalı tutan Türkiye'nin yeri ne olmalıdır? Bu makale, 1988'de çıkan Dağlık Karabağ sorununu çok taraflı olarak incelemektedir. Sorunun tarihi kökeni ele alınmakta ve uluslararası hukuk bakımından değerlendirilmektedir.

"Yeni" Avrasya Joepolitiğinin Bir Parçası Olarak Dağlık Karabağ Sorunu

The artiele investigates the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The conflict has existed since 1988 and remains unresolved in spite of international efforts. it became the first major international conflict that the OSCE has dealt with. The conflict is certainly an important part of the geopolitics of the Eurasian region. The article first focuses on the background of the conflict, gi ving a clear pieture of the causes and consequences and proceeds to review the interests of the regional and world powers conceming the issue. The legal aspects are described as well. The central question is whether a solution to the conflict depends more on the internal factors or external factors? At this the interests of Russia is analysed in detai1. Tnrkey and EU are described as the only powers that have a direct interest in a settlement of the dispute. Currently, the peace initiative is not in Baku or Yerevan, but more in Moscow and Washington. The article has included facts and figures until 2004.

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